Oh but what a shame it is that we are not living around 270 million years ago, when all the continents - yes, even Australia - coalesced into one huge land mass called Pangaea and one could have travelled by automobile or railway train (had those forms of transport then been invented) from Scotland to Sydney via Seattle without once having one to dip one's paws in the briny or, horror of horrors, board an airplane.

It is of course perfectly possible that, at some point in the next few hundred million years, the world's tectonic plates might realign themselves such that our continents all come together again. (Just think how many walls Mr Trump would then have to build...)

However, the truth of the matter is, at least as far as Europe and North America are concerned, the direction of travel is not just now in our favour, with Iceland pulling itself apart at a rate of centimeters per year for the foreseeable future.

Hmmm.

Reluctantly I have to conclude that the prospect of seeing my dear non-European friends in the furs is remote indeed.

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Bertie I heary ya... do you think that continets will drift together till august and we can make that trip too? You are invited to ride in our elephant skate with your Gail... bet we have tons of fun and we will be there for the mini Bar... in 2020 LOL

Hari om...well, of course, Bertie lad, thee and mexhave already explored the mimiBAR concept. Now if we can expand it a little...... :-) ... seeds are planted! Hope you are staying warm and dry in that wild weather they are showing on the news here. Hugs a d wags, YAM-aunty xxx

Oh I see…..so now all we need to do is build a time machine and we can ALL meet up!You're brave trying for a train this morning….Mum gave up, she finks she'd get in to London but all the trains were showing as cancelled coming outta St P!Loves and licky kissesPrincess Leah xxx

Bertie - Not every day you see Pangea mentioned in a dog blog. You could of course have dipped your paw in the Geosynclinal Sea of Tethys. Good to see the staff at Aberdeen Station are their usual warm smiling selves.

We would LOVES to go to Scotland, but Momma says that the UK has all sorts of restrictions on doggies because we have rabies in our country and you don't. :( If it makes you feel any better, the US is so big that the miniBAR is a REALLY long way for us to.

I must say, Scotland has its fair share of walls. Or stone fences, whatever you call them. And the have been up for ages. I remember stopping by a visitor center and asking about the stone fences/walls with pointy stones on stop that ran through the country side. I was met with blank stares and shrugged shoulders. After showing the visitor guides some photos, they said the drove past them everyday and had no idea why they were built that way or who built them. They never even noticed them. The Romans were a right dab hand at constructing walls in Britain too. You could drive around on top of that one. Let he that hath no wall chuck stones first. Perhaps a book on the history of walls/tall stone fences in Scotland would be a good read on your return trip. Bonnie n KenzieWe have our own walled in back garden, not to keep others out, but to keep us in.

We would love a MiniBAR in Scotland!! We are afraid only our Mini Me's would be able to attend tho!! We sure wish they would come up with some pet friendly ways to travel between continents...WE KNOW, you should get started building a transporter like they have in Star Trek, Bertie. You are such a smart guy, we bet you could have it figured out before the humans can!!

We look forward to volunteering Arty to be the first to try it... ;-)Smileys!Dory, Arty, Jakey & Bilbo

Hello again Bertie, it's me, Inca - the first post we made didn't make sense, the computer gobbled up the words. I'll say again what a brilliant idea that is to have a MiniBar in Scotland. If all the continents were joined together, even just for a week or two, then everyone could come ! What fun it would be to meet up with all those lovely doggies, peeps, and pussy cats.I've got my passport ready - in case the peeps decide to go somewhere exciting and take me with them !

About Me

Hi, I'm Bertie, a wire-haired fox terrier pup. I live with Gail in Aberdeen, Scotland. An old Westie called Hamish used to live here but he died on 18th February 2010 (exactly the same day I was born). People tell me that he used to have a blog and that I have big pawprints to fill. That's a bit too much responsibility for a very young puppy - and anyway, I intend to make my own mark!
(Gail says that Hamish could certainly have taught me a thing or two about marking stuff....)